Thursday, January 21, 2010

NTRCA Board Directors Elected

In an unprecedented action at the NTRCA annual meeting on January 18, Neighborhood Representatives elected a nominee from the floor to serve as a new director on the Board. They also re-elected incumbents Marcel Theriot and Charles Swihart. Incumbent Evan Reindl was unseated and former Director Bart Hatfield also lost his bid for a position on the board.

Cindy Picazo, the new director, is a 12 year resident of Robinsons Landing in New Territory and works as a bank manager for Wells Fargo. She has a BA from University of Texas at Austin. Picazo, in her two minute speech, described herself as “fiscally conservative” and said her strengths include “making tough Human Resource and budget decisions.”

The results of the election were as follows:

Marcel Theriot—2800 votes

Charles Swihart—2420 votes

Cindy Picazo—2329 votes

The directors serve two year terms.

Theriot , who is serving his third term on the NTRCA board, said his main goals as director are maintaining fiscal responsibility, accountability, structure and transparency in regards to policies and resolutions set by the board.

Swihart has also served four years on the board and said he is encouraged by recent, positive changes which include improved customer service at the Club and an increase in participation in Club programs by residents. Swihart remarked that this election was “heated” and apologized if any of his statements offended others. “I have known Marcel, Bart, and Evan for several years and consider them to be my friends….I know they all want what’s best for New Territory,” he said.